The best Hong Kong dim sum - adopted by Raymond Chew

When you get a midnight craving for dim sum, or when you are looking for a supper spot to catch up with friends, Yue Fu Kitchen is the place to be. Open 24 hours a day, and serving only dim sum, you can be sure of the quality of dim sum here. Experience the local lifestyle by joining in as locals sit outside, wash their utensils in hot water, and then pour the water out onto the street. read more »

Located in the busy Mong Kok district, Tim Ho Wan is the baby of Mak Pui Gor, a Hong Kong chef who once worked at the prestigious Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong. Although indistinguishable from any other dim sum shop with its exterior, Tim Ho Wan is a mark above the rest, awarded a coveted one star rating by Michelin reviewers. It is known as the cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant in the world, with baskets of prawn dumplings and pork buns costing a mere minuscule fraction of the bills clocked up at other Michelin-starred restaurants. read more »

The Lei Garden Restaurant Group is an established group of restaurants, spanning 15 branches in 4 countries. Founded by Mr Chan Shu Kit, whose father is the famous Kuo Min Tang military general Chan Ji Tang, the first Lei Garden Chinese Restaurant was opened in 1973 in Shamshuipo, Hong Kong. From suffering a 2 million dollar loss in its first 6 years, today, the business has expanded to China, Macau and Singapore! Famous for its great Cantonese dishes, especially its dim sum, Lei Garden are also known for their superb service. read more »

Saam Hui Yaat is a small teahouse located at Pokfulam Road that has been around since the 1960s. Its interior design is simple, and the signs of its age are clearly visible, with its tiled floor, metal fans, altar and furniture all partly covered in grease. Nonetheless, despite all these, it continues to draw locals back again and again with its food, namely its dim sum baskets, featuring popular delights like har gau, cheong fun and steamed rice dishes. read more »

Lung King Heen (龍景軒) boasts of being the only Cantonese restaurant to have received the maximum of three Michelin stars by the 2008 Hong Kong and Macau edition of the Michelin Guide. Located on the fourth floor of the fancy Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong, it provides you with a wonderful dining ambience through marble, silver and glass accents, a silver-leaf ceiling, and picturesque views of the harbour. There is a private dining room that seats 14, for special family or business occasions. read more »

Choi Lung Restaurant is a restaurant located on Tai Mo Shan, the highest mountain of Hong Kong, with its winding road up the mountain always filled with street racers showing off their drifting technique. Running for more than 40 years already, it has a loyal fan base, with many driving up here all the way just for a meal. It is a good place for a family meal during weekends, and is widely known for its Chinese teas, all brewed with fresh mountain water. read more »

Located in Tai Po Hui Market's food court, Lam Kee is a casual dim sum shop that serves simple and delicious Hong Kong fare. Those unfamiliar with Hong Kong dim sum would find this a good place to get acquainted with it, with the small and inexpensive portions perfect for experimentation of various dishes. With its location in the food court, Lam Kee is also the place to go to immerse in the daily life of the locals, where neighbours gather in the communal dining area in the food court, and grannies can even be spotted playing an afternoon game of mahjong here. read more »

Tai Ting Wah restaurant offers a menu that is focused upon food originating from the Punti and Haka villages that settled in Hong Kong during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Here, visitors can enjoy their signature dish, the pork lard rice, a hearty 'walled village cuisine' not to be missed. Despite its simplicity of being just steamed white rice with pork lard and soya sauce, its taste is simply mouthwatering. read more »

Originating in Guangzhou, Lin Heung Teahouse expanded to Hong Kong in the early 20th century, with this branch in the Central dating back to 1918. Diners will find the most traditional Cantonese flavours here, produced from Lin Heung's decades-old recipes. Old fashioned dishes such as Chinese sausage rolls can be found here, as well as the typical dim sum dishes like siu mai. read more »

Located at Stanley Street, Luk Yu Teahouse was established in 1933, being one of Hong Kong's oldest and most famous tea houses. It is a long time favourite of many renowned authors, and is also often featured in movies and literature. With its colonial style decor and adherence to tradition, it has drawn many customers, including both tourists and locals. read more »

Located in Kennedy Town, San Hing is a popular eatery known for its delicious dim sum, with customers streaming in as early as 3 a.m when it opens. Giant bamboo towers of dim sum are a common sight here, as staff frantically churn out the wide range of dim sum to cater to the never ending orders. read more »

Fook Lam Moon is a restaurant that had its beginnings in 1972, before expanding to its current repertoire of 9 restaurants spread across three countries. This Fook Lam Moon restaurant at Wan Chai is the flagship store, boasting two Michelin stars and also known as a celebrity restaurant. In its glory days during the booming 1980s and 1990s, dinner reservations at this branch had to be made weeks in advance! The popularity of Fook Lam Moon restaurant is also underscored by how it is frequently patronized by Li Ka Shing too, the richest man in Hong Kong. read more »